pope benedict the sixteenth announced his resignation and a shock move at the start of the week. ill health forced him to make a decision coming the first pope to resign in six hundred years privacy has been plagued by scandal most notably accusations of a broad cover up of child abuse within the catholic church and to abuse campaign above or doris says the pope didn't do enough to address paedophilia during his eight years in the position. we believe that he uttered words he said there was filth in the priesthood he apologized to the victims but he took no action he didn't discipline a single church official for hiding enabling shielding to predators or you know moving them from country to country from diocese to diocese so until he does that nothing has changed and we believe the words were just empty empty promises we have a bishop in the united states that was convicted of child endangerment and is still being allowed to run a diocese the message is clear if you follow the company line if you keep this secret if you put the reputation of the church above the s.d. of the child